非英语专业本科生议论文中的因果连接词研究

Study on the Use of Causal Connectives in Argumentative Writings of Non-English Majored College Students

采用语料库对比分析法,通过对比LOCNESS语料库中本族语者的议论文,分析了非英语专业本科生不同阶段限时议论文写作中因果连接词的使用情况和特点,以及学生在语言习得过程中因果连接词使用的变化趋势。研究发现:非英语专业本科生在议论文写作中表现出因果连接词使用密度较大但丰富度不足的现象,副词(短语)因果连接词使用频率远远高于连词(短语)和介词短语因果连接词,语体意识不明确,有较为严重的口语化倾向等特点。随着词汇水平的提高,学生对因果连接词的使用并没有在总体上表现出密度趋近本族语者、丰富度提高的变化,且口语化倾向减弱的趋势不明显。

This study investigates the non -- English majored college students by use of causal connectives in timed argumentative writings of Chinese contrasting them with those of American students in LOCNESS, and analyzes the changing tendency of causal connectives application in their language acquisition. Results show that there is great density but insufficient variety of causal connectives used in Chinese non -English majored students＇writings. They prefer adverbial connectives to conjunctive and prepositional ones and tend to use collo- quial words in their writings without clear style consciousness. However, with the improvement of vocabulary level, there is no tendency of approaching to native speakers in both the density and variety of the use of causal connectives and the colloquial tendency doesnt explicitly diminish as their proficiency improves.